Today Apple release the latest iOS 9.2 for for supported iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices which not only brings bug fixes and performance improvements however brings new features like Arabic Siri support, Apple SD Card Reader Support which enables photographer to connect their SD Card using Apple lightning to SD Card Cable for transferring digital photos directly on Apple devices for instant sharing. Safari View Controller now offers Action Extension support for third-party apps.

Some of the salients of this new update include,

Arabic Siri

Apple SD Card Reader Support

Apple Music Fixes and Improvements

AT&T NumberSync Wi-Fi calling service

3D Touch Peek and Pop support for iBooks app

Change-log is as follows,

Release Notes for iOS 9.2 are,

iOS 9.2

AppleMobileFileIntegrityAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: An access control issue was addressed by preventing modification of access control structures.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7055 : Apple

AppSandboxAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may maintain access to Contacts after having access revokedDescription: An issue existed in the sandbox’s handling of hard links. This issue was addressed through improved hardening of the app sandbox.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7001 : Razvan Deaconescu and Mihai Bucicoiu of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest; Luke Deshotels and William Enck of North Carolina State University; Lucas Vincenzo Davi and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi of TU Darmstadt

CFNetwork HTTPProtocolAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: An attacker with a privileged network position may be able to bypass HSTSDescription: An input validation issue existed within URL processing. This issue was addressed through improved URL validation.CVE-ID

dyldAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: Multiple segment validation issues existed in dyld. These were addressed through improved environment sanitization.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7072 : Apple

CVE-2015-7079 : PanguTeam

GPUTools FrameworkAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: Multiple path validation issues existed in Mobile Replayer. These were addressed through improved environment sanitization.CVE-ID

IOHIDFamilyAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in IOHIDFamily API. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7111 : beist and ABH of BoB

CVE-2015-7112 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

IOKit SCSIAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilegesDescription: A null pointer dereference existed in the handling of a certain userclient type. This issue was addressed through improved validation.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7068 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

KernelAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A local application may be able to cause a denial of serviceDescription: Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7040 : Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

CVE-2015-7041 : Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

CVE-2015-7042 : Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

CVE-2015-7043 : Tarjei Mandt (@kernelpool)

KernelAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilegesDescription: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the kernel. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7083 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

CVE-2015-7084 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

KernelAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilegesDescription: An issue existed in the parsing of mach messages. This issue was addressed through improved validation of mach messages.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7047 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

LaunchServicesAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of malformed plists. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7113 : Olivier Goguel of Free Tools Association

libarchiveAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary code executionDescription: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of archives. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.CVE-ID

MobileStorageMounterAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privilegesDescription: A timing issue existed in loading of the trust cache. This issue was resolved by validating the system environment before loading the trust cache.CVE-ID

PhotosAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: An attacker may be able to use the backup system to access restricted areas of the file systemDescription: A path validation issue existed in Mobile Backup. This was addressed through improved environment sanitization.CVE-ID

SafariAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofingDescription: An issue may have allowed a website to display content with a URL from a different website. This issue was addressed through improved URL handling.CVE-ID

SecurityAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A malicious application may gain access to a user’s Keychain itemsDescription: An issue existed in the validation of access control lists for keychain items. This issue was addressed through improved access control list checks.CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7058

SiriAvailable for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and laterImpact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to use Siri to read notifications of content that is set not to be displayed at the lock screenDescription: When a request was made to Siri, client side restrictions were not being checked by the server. This issue was addressed through improved restriction checking.CVE-ID